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Robots can help young patients engage in rehab

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imageRCH patient, Miles, working with NAOAlvin Aquino/RCH

Anyone who has undergone any intensive physical rehabilitation knows the frustration, boredom and discomfort that comes with repeated exercises over days, weeks and even months. For young children and their families, rehabilitation is often a traumatic and emotional time.

Physiotherapists and...

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Tony Abbott's great big budget legacy

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott spent just shy of two years in office, making it difficult for Australians to associate him with much of a legacy.

But you only have to see what’s changed over the past two years since Abbott’s infamous 2014 budget to see the great, big difference he has made. It may not be the legacy he wanted or...

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The off-topic Conversation #88

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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To embrace our future as an innovation nation, we'll need to learn from the past

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imageAustralians are not averse to taking risks.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Australia has many successful, innovative industries, such as wheat, wool, beef, lamb and cotton. And Australians are not averse to taking risks. Our shrewd investments in chancy mining tenements have paid handsomely.

But we do not invest in areas in which we lack...

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